for Nina ‘66
witness how I dance
the bones/ conjure life into
what you thought you killed
for Abbey
Abbey, sing us US
and all the “ugly” we know
to be beautiful
for Nancy
for us who try to
gather the sun for men who
want to chase the moon
for Art & Donald
sit in the silence
of yourself/ then you will know
where it all went wrong
for the Wolf
my woman rests her
head in the gold embers of
another man’s dreams
for Nina ‘67
“lawdy, lawdy momma
tell me what you gonna do?”
gonna get my gun
read somethin’ in my bible
then let God decide
for Sun Ra
space is the place were
i go to become myself
to come back to you
for Duke
with 88 keys
i chisel shape into sound
in image of me
for Maulawi
1
at the edge of dawn
my hungry hands inch towards you
in search of known land
2
in search of known land
my hungry hands inch towards you
at the edge of dawn